#verk

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Lazarus (Verk) Silvan

Hobgoblin Paladin (Oath of Devotion) with Noble background. LG. Male.

PERSONALITY TRAIT: Lazarus drops into a deep calm while in battle and his emotions are expressed stronger once the danger has passed.

IDEAL: The freedom of choice must be preserved, but everyone must accept the consequences of their choices

BONDS: His adoptive human father and mentor Alexander Silvan, a high ranking paladin.

His adoptive older siblings: Sister Cecelia; a paladin of a different order, and Brother Sebastian; a wizard and researcher. Both siblings left home at the age of 18 and are six years older than Lazarus.

FLAWS: Lazarus always assumes that any negative attention or attitude towards him is because of his race.

SKILLS: History, Persuasion, Athletics, Religion.

LANGUAGES: Common, Goblin, Elvish.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Lazarus is 26 years old. He stands 6’ tall, weighs 195 pounds and has a heavily muscled build. He has the dark orange complexion of his hobgoblin heritage with black, shoulder length hair. His right eye is yellow while his left is dark red. Lazarus typically wears sturdy travelling cloths under his heavy armor, only wearing his more noble attire when ceremony demands.

THE LIFELONG TRIAL

Lazarus has spent his life trying to prove he is more than what others would condemn him to be by his birth. He carefully considers his choices and actions and how they will reflect on him and the Order of paladins he serves. Lazarus holds himself to the highest standard and tries to be the ideal “knight in shining armor”.

BACKGROUND

Lazarus, first known as Verk, was born and raised in a Hobgoblin war camp until the age of six when the camp was attacked and purged by an Order of paladins. Attempting to escape the destruction, Verk was discovered by a high ranking member of the Order, Alexander Silvan, who saw not a Hobgoblin before him in that moment but a child; scared and scarred. He spared Verk’s life and adopted him, raising him to follow his footsteps into the paladin Order and giving him his new name.

Lazarus does not resent the Order or his adoptive father for the destruction of his original home, instead seeing his life as a second chance, an opportunity to do great good, to be more than what he could have been. He devoted himself to his training and the worship of Torm, god of courage and self-sacrifice. Now having been sent out on his first quest, Lazarus is eager to prove that he deserves the Order’s trust and respect.

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